The album version is a little more rock-influenced, but there's a solo reprise of it at the end of the album on "Flow"
My favorite track from the album, no doubt about it.
I agree with Rickles insofar as to say that if you aren't emotionally effected by the song right away, you won't understand it, but in retrospect, that's true with a lot of songs. I pity those who won't understand music sometimes.
However, I will share my interpretation:
"timber shakes
these trails they are derailed
phony false and frail
an empty ocean
lost our way with no direction home"
This guy aims for something and tries so hard to get it, but never got it; he ended up somewhere else, like he always had, be it for better or worse.
"golden needles names we take in vein
find it harder to remain
nothing sacred
waiting on that explanation"
Sometimes you take for granted the things and the people you have (derp). You still want to know why/how you didn't get what you wanted or just stopping everything and wondering "Wait, how did I end up doing this?"
"right before my eyes
saw the whole world lose control
the whole world lost control
before my eyes
uh huh
I fell through the floor
couldn't take it anymore
I can't take this anymore
it breaks my mind
uh huh"
It seems like everything around this guy is changing for the worse, and so he just tries to find a way to hide from all of it, but he needs to realize that everything changes and that eventually he'll grow to accept it.
"hold her dirty hands over the flames
getting pleasure from the pain
softly screaming
the pistol that she raised has spoken"
I don't know, maybe a bitter history with a girl who he loved no matter what she did, but she just kept hurting him. shrug Maybe it's just a part of this whole ordeal that makes him feel like everything is going downhill.
"everything I thought I knew fell to the side
time went on and on
can't see past my own eyes
past my eyes
past my eyes
past my eyes"
Again, everything is changing for him and he feels trapped because he knows he can't stop it.
Not good at interpreting things, I don't know :/
Love the album though!
The album version is a little more rock-influenced, but there's a solo reprise of it at the end of the album on "Flow"
My favorite track from the album, no doubt about it. I agree with Rickles insofar as to say that if you aren't emotionally effected by the song right away, you won't understand it, but in retrospect, that's true with a lot of songs. I pity those who won't understand music sometimes.
However, I will share my interpretation:
"timber shakes these trails they are derailed phony false and frail an empty ocean lost our way with no direction home" This guy aims for something and tries so hard to get it, but never got it; he ended up somewhere else, like he always had, be it for better or worse.
"golden needles names we take in vein find it harder to remain nothing sacred waiting on that explanation" Sometimes you take for granted the things and the people you have (derp). You still want to know why/how you didn't get what you wanted or just stopping everything and wondering "Wait, how did I end up doing this?"
"right before my eyes saw the whole world lose control the whole world lost control before my eyes uh huh I fell through the floor couldn't take it anymore I can't take this anymore it breaks my mind uh huh" It seems like everything around this guy is changing for the worse, and so he just tries to find a way to hide from all of it, but he needs to realize that everything changes and that eventually he'll grow to accept it.
"hold her dirty hands over the flames getting pleasure from the pain softly screaming the pistol that she raised has spoken" I don't know, maybe a bitter history with a girl who he loved no matter what she did, but she just kept hurting him. shrug Maybe it's just a part of this whole ordeal that makes him feel like everything is going downhill.
"everything I thought I knew fell to the side time went on and on can't see past my own eyes past my eyes past my eyes past my eyes" Again, everything is changing for him and he feels trapped because he knows he can't stop it.
Not good at interpreting things, I don't know :/ Love the album though!